Model 1989

Notes: This is a Chinese antipersonnel mine, copied from the former East German PPM-2. There are two fuses available: a piezoelectric fuse that is sensitive to overpressure (25% chance of premature detonation per concussion dice applied to it), and an electronic fuse that is not affected by overpressure. The electronic fuse also has an antihandling feature that causes the mine to detonate if tilted more than 30 degrees. The mine may be easily disarmed when the normal fuse is used, but should be shot or blown in place if the electronic fuse is used. The Model 1989 requires 13 kg of pressure to trigger.

Weapon

Weight

Price

Type

Damage

Penetration

DPV

Model 1989

0.38 kg

$6

APERS

C2 B4

2C

11

Portable Bounding APERS Mine

Notes: The exact designation of this Chinese mine is unknown. It is meant to be an ambush weapon, easily emplaced and moved about. The tripwire takes 1.5 kg of pressure to trigger the mine, or the mine may be detonated by direct pressure of 7 kg. The mine's explosion kicks 4 minelets into the air in about a 15 meter radius, creating a shower of 6000 steel balls at a height of 0.2 to 0.5 meters. The mine causes double the normal number of fragments to be directed into the legs of the victims. The mine is unaffected by overpressure, but due to its "portable" feature, is easily disarmed once found.

Weapon

Weight

Price

Type

Damage

Penetration

DPV

Portable Bounding APERS

2.8 kg

$62

Bounding APERS

C6 B24

Nil

10

SAPEM

Notes: This Chinese toepopper mine is designed to be scattered from FASCAM shells and aircraft. The mine affects only the person triggering it, and the concussion and fragments affect only that person's legs. A 122mm FASCAM round containing SAPEM mines weighs 11 kg and carries 45 mines. The mine uses an electronic fuse with an antihandling feature that makes it an Impossible: Combat Engineer roll to disarm. Normally, the SAPEM is equipped with a self-destruct feature, but this mechanism tends to malfunction. The SAPEM takes 2 kg of pressure to set off, and thus even a kick will trigger it.

Weapon

Weight

Price

Type

Damage

Penetration

DPV

SAPEM

0.09 kg

$1

APERS

C1 B1

Nil

0.2

SAPM

Notes: This Chinese FASCAM mine is a larger antipersonnel mine. The 122mm round containing the SAPM mines weighs 16 kg and carries 15 SAPM mines. Upon deploying, the mine shoots out two tripwires 10 meters in opposite directions and anchors them to the ground. The mine may be defused at normal probabilities. The SAPM is 10% likely to explode per concussion dice applied to it.

Weapon

Weight

Price

Type

Damage

Penetration

DPV

SAPM

0.58 kg

$12

APERS

C1 B2

1C

6

Type 69

Notes: This Chinese mine is a bounding antipersonnel mine. The fragmentation ball detonates at 1.5m, and double the normal numbers of fragments are directed into the chest and abdomen areas of the victims. The mine may be detonated by direct pressure of 7 kg, or by a pull on a tripwire of 1.5 kg. The mine is easily disarmed, and is unlikely to be affected by overpressure (5% chance of a sympathetic detonation per concussion dice applied to it). The mine is used by the millions in China, and is also used in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.

Weapon

Weight

Price

Type

Damage

Penetration

DPV

Type 69

1.35 kg

$30

Bounding APERS

C3 B8

Nil

2

Type 72 APERS

Notes: This Chinese antipersonnel mine is of the toepopper variety; the mine affects only the person who steps on it, and the blast and fragment damage is directed only into the legs of the victim. It is made largely of plastic, and is two levels more difficult to detect. The mine may be easily disarmed by someone who is familiar with the mine by rotating the top until the arming marks line up; however, there is also a version known as the Type 72B, which cannot be disarmed and will detonate if this procedure is done. The Type 72B is one level easier to detect, due to more metallic content. The Type 72 is susceptible to overpressure, and there is a 25% chance of detonation per concussion dice applied to it. 5kg of pressure is required for detonation. This mine is also manufactured by South Africa, and is used in large numbers by China, South Africa, Angola, Cambodia, Iraq, Kuwait, Mozambique, and Somalia.

Weapon

Weight

Price

Type

Damage

Penetration

DPV

Type 72 APERS

0.14 kg

$2

Plastic APERS

C1 B1

Nil

7

Type 72 Antitank

Notes: This Chinese mine is a minimal metal mine, and is one level more difficult to detect. This mine is very resistant to overpressure, and is only 1% likely to detonate per concussion dice applied to it. 300 kg of pressure is required to detonate it under normal circumstances. Disarming this mine requires a very tricky removal of the fuze; attempts to defuse this mine are one level more difficult than normal. This mine is also produced in South Africa, and used by those countries as well as Angola, Kuwait, and Somalia.

Weapon

Weight

Price

Type

Damage

Penetration

DPV

Type 72 AT

6.5 kg

$150

Plastic Antitank

C18 B22

71C

34